Termination w.r.t. Q of the given QTRS could be proven:

(0) Obligation:

Q restricted rewrite system:
The TRS R consists of the following rules:

a__f(X) → g(h(f(X)))
mark(f(X)) → a__f(mark(X))
mark(g(X)) → g(X)
mark(h(X)) → h(mark(X))
a__f(X) → f(X)

Q is empty.

(1) QTRSRRRProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

Used ordering:
Lexicographic path order with status [LPO].
Quasi-Precedence:

mark₁ > a_f1 > g₁ > h₁
mark₁ > a_f1 > f₁ > h₁

Status:

f₁: [1]
a_f1: [1]
g₁: [1]
h₁: [1]
mark₁: [1]

With this ordering the following rules can be removed by the rule removal processor [LPAR04] because they are oriented strictly:

a__f(X) → g(h(f(X)))
mark(f(X)) → a__f(mark(X))
mark(g(X)) → g(X)
mark(h(X)) → h(mark(X))
a__f(X) → f(X)

(2) Obligation:

Q restricted rewrite system:
R is empty.
Q is empty.

(3) RisEmptyProof (EQUIVALENT transformation)

The TRS R is empty. Hence, termination is trivially proven.

(4) TRUE